| Oct 2, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIf you’d never seen a mean drunk and you were anywhere near a TV on September 27, you’ve seen one now. Judge Brett Kavanaugh displayed all the characteristics: belligerence, bullying, shouting, and boo-hooing in out-of-control anger. He said he hadn’t watched the...
| Jul 25, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyJuly 30 marks a very important anniversary in our modern political history. Fifty-three years ago in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law, creating two programs that would disproportionately improve the lives of older and low-income...
| May 30, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyShortly after Donald Trump was awarded the presidency by our perverted and antiquated electoral system, I got desperate calls from some normally non-political family members and friends. They wanted to know what they could do to counter the governing debacle they knew...
| Dec 20, 2017 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe defeat of Roy Moore in the Alabama senate race tells us something about voters. Women — especially black women — made the difference. Some 57 percent of Alabamian women voted against Moore, while 56 percent of mostly white men stuck with him. That also tells us...
| Oct 11, 2017 | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthWhen Obamacare — aka, the Affordable Care Act — became law in 2010, it mandated coverage of birth control without co-payments. Some employers didn’t like the rule, and Hobby Lobby hated it so much that the company filed a lawsuit to stop it. Company owners said...
